The modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit. The furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night.
Federì, a railway clerk, is convinced that, if he didn’t have a family to feed, he’d be a world-famous painter. Talented, ambitious, and frustrated, his life is marked by bitter disappointment. His long-suffering wife and their four sons bear the brunt.
Years later, his first-born son will tell the story of a man he spent his whole life trying not to resemble.
Narrated against the background of a Naples still marked by WWII and first published in Italy over 20 years ago, The House on Via Gemito is a masterpiece of contemporary Italian literature.
| ISBN: | 9781787705463 |
| Publication date: | 21st March 2024 |
| Author: | Domenico Starnone |
| Publisher: | Europa Editions an imprint of Europa Editions (UK) Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 451 pages |
| Primary Genre | Literary Fiction |
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The modest apartment on Via Gemito smells of paint and white spirit. The furniture is pushed up against the wall to create a make-shift studio, and drying canvases must be moved off the beds each night.
The House on Via Gemito features in the following genres: General Fiction, Fiction in translation, Fiction, Fiction: special features, Literary Fiction
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
The House on Via Gemito was written by Domenico Starnone and published by Europa Editions an imprint of Europa Editions (UK) Ltd.
The House on Via Gemito has 451 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
